Comments on: PalmSource & TI to Show Cobalt OMAP Reference Designs

PalmSource, and Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI), today announced the availability of two Palm OS Cobalt reference designs running on TI's industry-leading OMAP platform, including the OMAP730 GSM/GPRS processor and OMAP850 EDGE processor. These reference designs enable wireless handset OEMs and ODMs to quickly create low- cost, high-performance Palm Powered smartphones for use on GSM/GPRS and EDGE networks.

 I bet Cobalt device are out in just a few months!

RhinoSteve @ 2/8/2005 10:02:50 PM #

"If I can talk about it, it is not the cutting edge and someone else has it in production." -- Lockheed Skunk Works Employee

When you have a "family jewels" showing like this, someone has already been first to make that "example" a product. Time to niche this one up.

 RE: I bet Cobalt device are out in just a few months!

LiveFaith @ 2/9/2005 2:49:27 AM #

Samsung is about to announce the SGH-i555. It is the successor to the SGH-i500. Has the above layout, quad-band GSM, EDGE, 3ghz OMAP, 1GB internal memory, dual expansion, WiFi G, BT v2.0, 2.8" vga screen, 1,000 hours of talk time. Should follow the same retail release schedule as the i500 this spring. :-
Pat Horne; www.churchoflivingfaith.com

 RE: I bet Cobalt device are out in just a few months!

temp_user @ 2/10/2005 6:06:33 AM #

Where have you got this Samsung information from? Is this a joke or true?

 RE: I bet Cobalt device are out in just a few months!

The_Voice_of_Reason @ 2/10/2005 10:41:34 PM #

Where have you got this Samsung information from? Is this a joke or true?

1,000 hours of talk time.

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 Palm Cobalt again ...

Graffiti @ 2/9/2005 3:08:37 PM #

If there's an award for vaporware (software category) of the century, Cobalt would take it hands down. Geez ... stop doing your pea**** dance and get it to bat, Palmsource.

 RE: Palm Cobalt again ...

The_Voice_of_Reason @ 2/10/2005 2:23:30 AM #

PalmSource isn't (entirely) to blame for its EtherOS fiasco.

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 RE: Palm Cobalt again ...

RhinoSteve @ 2/10/2005 2:02:18 PM #

Naw, I think Apple Pink project is the biggest piece of vaporware that ever existed. When the execs found out that the demos were just HyperCard and a bunch of header files, the s**t hit the fan good.

 GSPDA M28

temp_user @ 2/11/2005 5:44:41 AM #

Is based on OMAP I read. That phone is the most elegant smartphone based on Palm OS. Perhaps with OMAP the hardware can be reduced.

Has anybody tested that phone yet?